Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark- The assignment that the M6 broke was a stage performance by a theatre group. All my stage work whether theatre or symphony is done with my Leica M's. The R's are not permitted- company and union rules by them. My other camera body was a M4P with Neopan 1600. The M6 has the colour film. For this particular work I am reduced to one camera body. A third Leica M would be welcome only because I would have 2 bodies with meters. Cheers, Kevin Argue - ---------- >From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] leica MP and other things >Date: Fri, Mar 7, 2003, 11:16 PM > > Kevin Argue wrote: >> >> Dear Luggers- Today was a bad day for us Leica news shooters. In the middle >> of an assignment by wonderful M6-- broke! I lost all shutter speeds from 1 >> second to 1/30th. Press the shutter and the curtain locks open until you >> change the shutter speed to flash synch or higher. Leica in Canada must now >> deal with the problem. While at the counter I discussed the new MP with the >> Leica Canada rep. He has handled it but no product available in the frozen >> north yet. The only brochure he could give was even a special edition with >> photos of photographer Michael Comte and he had only one copy. I sure hope >> Leica can get the new products out a little quicker. It is difficult to >> believe that more info on the new products has been discussed on the lug >> than is readily available from our leica distributors. >> >> Kevin Argue >> St. Catharines, Ontario >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > What I'm hearing is you're out on an assignment with one body and no > backup and it goes out on you but then you are frustrated you cant buy > Leica's so new it isn't even out yet MP and you want to know why the > guys behind the counters at camera stores don't know anything. > > I hope when you finally get one you'd have a backup with it. Most new in > production cameras have a few extra bugs for the frst few years. That's > why I hold off on them. > > When I run into a camera retail person not spinning out miss-information > I'm amazed. I count on them to know nothing. > Here at the LUG (you should read it more closely) we have access to > people Like Erwin Putts and Jonathan Eastland and others who have > enough of a special relationship with Leica Germany to get their hands > on products in the testing stage and test and write Abbott them > intelligently. They are known experts. > > If the camera store people wanted to be in on this information they'd > have to be on the LUG. Some are. Some they'd find on Erwins site. > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.com > Email: mark@rabinergroup.com > Fax: 503-221-0308 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html